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Object Record

Catalog Number

Kx-023

Object Name

Arrow

Description

Bamboo shaft with wood insert and attached carved wood blade; blade has a removable sheath fashioned out of a type of leaf or husk and string; carved wood blade is secured to the wood with string; fletching is constructed out of two feathers that are secured to the bamboo shaft with string; smaller feathers are secured to the shaft at the base of the larger feathers; end of bamboo is carved into a nock.

From the Xikrin Kayapo

Collection

Francis L. Black Amazonian Artifacts Collection

Collector

Francis L. Black

Culture

Kaxuwana

Date

1972

Material

bamboo, wood, string, leaf/husk material, feather

Dimensions

W-3.4 L-161.5 cm

Dimension Details

Length of feathers = 16.5 cmLength of carved blade = 48.0 cmLength of removable sheath = 46.0 cm Width is taken at the widest point of the blade